Yankees Beat Twins; Rivera Gets Save Record
The Twins lost 6-4 in New York to the Yankees making up for a previous rain-out. Mariano Rivera recorded the save for the Yankees and he becomes the all-time saves leader in Major League History with 602. He breaks a tie with Trevor Hoffman. The Twins have lost 9 straight games and 14 of their last 15. Chris Parmelee had 2 hits including a solo homerun for the Twins and Michael Cuddyer knocked out a 2-run homerun for Minnesota.
Ben Revere chipped in 3 hits for the Twins. Scott Diamond allowed 10 hits and 5 earned runs to take the loss for the Twins. Minnesota is 59-93 and will host Seattle tonight beginning a 3-game series at 7:10, pregame on WJON at 6:40. Righthander Liam Hendriks (0-2) gets the start on the mound for the Twins and lefthander Jason Vargas (8-13) toes the rubber for the Mariners.